Professor Dra. Nilza Maria Martinelli

Description

Comparative morphology of Arthropoda: characterization and differentiation of Arthropoda classes. Morphology of adults; basic morphology of an insect; segmentation; division of a body segment; nomenclature of sclerites; integument and integumentary processes. Morphology of adults: morphology of the head; general structure; cephalic appendages; antennae; mouthparts; morphology of the thorax; general structure and thoracic appendages: legs and wings; general structure of the abdomen; abdominal appendages. Morphology of the orders Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera.

References

• CHAPMAN, R.F. The insects: Sctruture and Function.5ed. Cambridge: Cambridge. University Press, 2012.
• Insects of Australia. Camberra. 2.ed. Melbourne. University Press. 1990. 1029p.
• RICHARDS, O. W. & DAVIES, R. G. Imm’s General Textbook of Entomology. 1 e 2. London. Chapman & Hall. 1977. 1354p.
• SNODGRASS, R.E. Principles of Insect Morphology. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1993, 667p
• TRIPLEHORN, C.A & JONNSON, N.F. Estudo dos insetos. Borror and Delong’s: Introduction to the study of insects.7ed. São Paulo: Cengage Learning, 2015.

Credits: 8 

Workload: 120h

Evaluation Criteria: Assessments will be conducted through written exams, group and individual seminars; morphological studies (drawings) carried out in practical classes.